16 TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. Phleum. 



TRIANDRIA DIGYNIA. Stamens S. Pistils^. 



PHA'LARIS. Canary-grass. 



* P. canariensis. Manured C. G. Panicle egg-shaped, 

 resembling a spike. Calyx-glumes boat-shaped ; 

 entire at the summit. Outer corolla of two naked 

 valves. E. B. 1310. Phalaris. G. E. 86. 



In cultivated and waste ground, naturalized. * Grows amongst the 



corn in the Canaries PVilld. Sp. PL 

 An. June. 

 Panicle compact, erect, compound, though resembhng a simple 



egg-shaped spike, elegantly variegated with green and white. 



The seeds a well known food for the canary-bird. 



P. arundindcea. Reed C Panicle upright, with 

 spreading branches. Flowers crowded, growing from 

 one side only. Outer corolla of two bearded valves. 

 E. B. 402. and 2l60. f. 2. Calamagrostis colorata. Sb, 



Banks of rb-ers. Sb. 



Per. Jiine. 



Stems from two to five feet high. Panicle rough. 



Used to thatch ricks, and cottages : lasts much longer than 

 straw. In Scandia mowed twice a-year, for cattle to feed on. 

 The oftener mowed, the more acceptable to cattle. The striped 

 variet}', chosen by the Welch peasantry, with Gnaphalium marga- 

 ritaceum, to decorate the graves of their departed friends. Knapp. 

 A beautiful variety with striped leaves is common in gardens. 



PHLEUM, Cat's-tail-^rass, 



P, pratense. Common C Timothy -grass. Cluster 

 spiked, cylindrical. Calyx abrupt, fringed at the keel, 

 longer than its awns. E. B. IO76. Gramen typhi- 

 num minus. G. E. 12. 



Moist meadows, pastures. The bulbous var. in barren ground, 

 occasionally flooded, or in very dry situations. Sm. 



Per. July. 



Spike two to five inches. Root in dry situations becomes swollen 

 and succulent. In this state it is the Phleum, nodosum of Lin- 

 nseus, Sibthorp, &c. Awns straight, short, rough. Once cele- 

 brated for its agricultural merits, but now out of fashion, though 

 it spontaneously makes a part of the hay crop. Sm. 



P. dsperum. Rough (7. Panicle spiked, cylindrical, awn- 

 less. Calyx wedge-shaped, swelling upward, pointed, 

 rough ; keel naked. Stem branched. P. panicula- 



